Commerce (English Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Important Questions

Kalpana and Kanika were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. On 1^st April, 2013 they admitted Karuna as a new partners for 1/5th share in the profits of the firm. The Balance Sheet of Kalpana and Kanika as on 1st April, 2013, was as follows:

It was agreed that
(i) the value of Land and Building will be appreciated by 20%.
(ii) the value of plant be increased by Rs 60,000.
(iii) Karuna will bring Rs 80,000 for her share of goodwill premium.
(iv) the liabilities of Workmen's Compensation Fund were determined at Rs 60,000.
(v) Karuna will bring in cash as capital to the extent of `1/5`th share of the total capital of the new firm.

Prepare Revaluation Account, Partner's Capital Accounts and Balance Sheet of the new firm. 

For which share of Goodwill a partner is entitled at the time of his retirement?

Arun and Arora were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 5 : 3. Their fixed capitals on 1-4-2010 were: Arun Rs 60,000 and Arora Rs 80,000. They agreed to allow interest on capital @ 12% p.a. And to charge on drawings @ 15% p.a. The profit of the firm for the year ended 31-3 2011 before all above adjustments were Rs 12,600. The drawings made by Arun were Rs 2,000 and by Arora Rs 4,000 during the year. Prepare Profit and Loss Appropriation Account of Arun and Arora. Show your calculations clearly. The interest on capital will be allowed even if the firm incurs loss.  

‘B’ and ‘C’ were partners sharing profits in the ratio of 3 : 2. Their Balance Sheet as on 31-3-2011 was as follows: 

D’ was admitted to the partnership for 1/5^th share in the profits on the following terms:

(i) The new profit sharing ratio was decided as 2:2:1.

(ii) D will bring Rs 30,000 as his capital and Rs 15,000 for his share of goodwill.

(iii) Half of goodwill amount was withdrawn by the partner who sacrificed his share of profit in favour of ‘D’.

(iv) A provision of 5% for bad and doubtful debts was to be maintained.

(v) An item of Rs 500 included in Sundry Creditors was not likely to be paid.

(vi) An provision of Rs 800 was to be made for claims for damages against the firm.

After making the above adjustments the Capital Accounts of ‘B’ and ‘C’ were to be adjusted on the basis of D’s Capital. Actual cash wash to be brought in or to be paid off as the case may be.

Prepare Revaluation Account, Partner’s Capital Accounts and Balance Sheet of the new firm.  

G', 'E' and 'F' were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 7 : 2 : 1. The Balance Sheet of the firm as on 31^st March, 2011 was as follows: 

‘E’ died on 24^th August 2011. Partnership deed provides for the settlement of claims on the death of a partner of a partner in addition to his capital as under:

(i) The share of profit of deceased partner to be computed up to the date of death on the basis of average profits of the past three years which was Rs 80,000.

(ii) His share in profit/loss on revaluation of assets and re-assessment of liabilities which were as follows:

Land and Buildings were revalued at Rs 94,000, Machinery at Rs 38,000 and Stock at Rs 5,000. A provision of `2 1/2%` was to be created on debtors for bad and doubtful debts.

(iii) The net amount payable to 'E's executors was transferred to his Loan Account, to be paid later on.

Prepare Revaluation Account, Partner's Capital Accounts, E's Executor A/c and Balance Sheet of 'G' and 'F' who decided to continue the business keeping their capital balances in their new profit sharing ratio. Any surplus or deficit to be transferred to current accounts of the partners

How does the market situation affect the value of goodwill of a firm?

Prepare a Comparative Income Statements from the following information 

How does the nature of business affect the value of goodwill of a firm? 

Sanjay and Sameer were partners in a firm sharing profits in the ration of 2 : 3. On 31.3.2011 their Balance Sheet was as follows: 

The firm was dissolved on 1.4.2011 and the Assets and Liabilities were settled as follows:

(i) Sanjay agreed to take over land and Building at Rs 3,50,000 by paying cash;

(ii) Stock was sold for Rs 90,000.

(iii) Creditors accepted Debtors in full settlement of their claim.

Pass necessary Journal entries for dissolution of the firm.  

Why are ‘Reserve and Surplus’ distributed at the time of reconstitution of the firm?

How does the factor ‘Efficiency of Management’ affect the goodwill of a firm? 

Keith, Bina, and Veena were partners in firm sharing profits and losses equally. Their balance sheet as on 31-3-2019 was as follows: 

Veena died on 30^th June 2019. According to the partnership deed, the executors of the deceased partner were entitled to :

1. Balance in the capital account
2. Salary till the date of death @ ₹ 25,000 per annum.
3. Share of goodwill calculated on the basis of twice the average profits of the past three years.
4. Share of profit from the closure of the last accounting year till the date of death on the basis of the average of three completed years profits before death.
5. Profits for 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 were ₹ 1,20,000, ₹ 90,000 and ₹ 1,50,000 respectively.

Veena withdrew ₹ 15,000 on 1^st June 2019 for paying her daughter’s school fees. 

Prepare Veena’s capital account to be rendered to her executors.

Tripti, Atishay and Radhika were partners in a firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. Their Balance Sheet as on 31-3-2019 was as follows:

Balance Sheet of Tripti, Atishay, and Radhika as on 31^st March, 2019. 

Tripti died on 30^th June, 2019. According to the partnership deed, the executors of the deceased partner are entitled to :
(a) Balance in partner's capital account.
(b) Salary @ ₹ 12,500 per quarter.
(c) Share of goodwill calculated on the basis of twice the average of past three years' profits and share of profits from the closure of the last accounting year till the date of death on the basis of last year's profit. Profits for 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 were ₹ 1,00,000, ₹ 1,50,000 and ₹ 2,00,000 respectively.
(d) Tripti withdrew ₹ 20,000 on 1^st May, 2019 for her personal use. Prepare Tripti's Capital Account to be rendered to her executors.

Chhavi and Neha were partners in firm sharing profits and losses equally. Chhavi withdrew a fixed amount at the beginning of each quarter. Interest on drawings is charged @ 6% p.a. At the end of the year, interest on Chhavi's drawings amounted to ₹ 900. Pass necessary journal entry for charging interest on drawings.

Answer the following question:
State any two situations when a partnership firm can be compulsorily dissolved.

Gaurav, Saurabh, and Vaibhav were partners in firm sharing profits and losses in the ratio of 2 : 2 : 1. They decided to dissolve the firm on 31^st March 2018. After transferring Sundry assets (other than cash in hand and cash at Bank) and third-party liabilities to realisation account, the assets were realized and liabilities were paid off as follows:

1. A machinery with a book value of ₹ 6,00,000 was taken over by Gaurav at 50% and stock worth ₹ 5,000 was taken over by a creditor of ₹ 9,000 in full settlement of his claim.
2. Land and building (book value ₹ 3,00,000) were sold for ₹ 4,00,000 through a broker who charged 2% commission.
3. The remaining creditors were paid ₹ 76,000 in full settlement of their claim and the remaining assets were taken over by Vaibhav for ₹ 17,000.
4. Bank loan of ₹ 3,00,000 was paid along with interest of ₹ 21,000.

Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of the firm.

Sonu and Rajat started a partnership firm on April 1, 2017. They contributed ₹ 8,00,000 and ₹ 6,00,000 respectively as their capitals and decided to share profits and losses in the ratio of 3: 2.
The partnership deed provided that Sonu was to be paid a salary of ₹ 20,000 per month and Rajat a commission of 5% on turnover. It also provided that interest on capital be allowed at 8% p.a. Sonu withdrew ₹ 20,000 on 1^st December 2017 and Rajat withdrew ₹ 5,000 at the end of each month. Interest on drawings was charged at 6% p.a. The net profit as per Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31^st March 2018 was ₹ 4,89,950. The turnover of the firm for the year ended 31^st March 2018 amounted to ₹ 20,00,000. Pass necessary journal entries for the above transactions in the books of Sonu and Rajat.

Suresh, Ramesh and Tushar were partners of a firm sharing profits in the ratio of 6:5:4. Ramesh retired and his capital after making adjustments on account of reserves, revaluation of assets and reassessment of liabilities stood at ₹ 2,50,400. Suresh and Tushar agreed to pay him ₹ 2,90,000 in full settlement of his claim. Pass necessary journal entry for the treatment of goodwill. Show workings clearly.

Harihar, Hemang and Harit were partners with fixed capitals of ₹3,00,000, ₹ 2,00,000 & ₹ 1,00,000 respectively. They shared profits in the ratio of their fixed capitals. Harit died on 31st May 2020, whereas the firm closes its books of accounts on 31st March every year. According to their partnership deed, Harit’s representatives would be entitled to get a share in the interim profits of the firm on the basis of sales. Sales and profit for the year 2019-20 amounted to ₹8,00,000 and ₹2,40,000 respectively and sales from 1st April 2020 to 31st May 2020 amounted to ₹ 1,50,000. The rate of profit to sales remained constant during these two years. You are required to:

1. Calculate Harit’s share in profit.
2. Pass journal entries to record Harit’s share in profit.

Madhav, Madhusudan and Mukund were partners in Jaganath Associates. They decided to dissolve the firm on 31st March 2021. Pass necessary journal entries for the following transactions after various assets (other than cash) and third-party liabilities have been transferred to realization account:

1. Old machine fully written off was sold for ₹ 42,000 while a payment of ₹ 6,000 is made to bank for a bill discounted being dishonoured.
2. Madhusudan accepted an unrecorded asset of ₹80,000 at ₹75,000 and the balance through cheque, against the payment of his loan to the firm of ₹1,00,000.
3. Stock of book value of ₹30,000 was taken by Madhav, Madhusudan and Mukund in their profit sharing ratio.
4. The firm had paid realization expenses amounting to ₹5,000 on behalf of Mukund.
5. There was a vehicle loan of ₹ 2,00,000 which was paid by surrender of asset to the bank at an agreed value of ₹ 1,40,000 and the shortfall was met from firm’s bank account.